We just had a power supply in a Mac G4 die. We knew it was the supply (swaped with a know good system, problem followed the supply, etc). When we went to buy a replacement we found out it is in fact, Apple proprietary. We also found out that you have to be Apple Certified to be able to buy parts. After gumbling a bit, we put the G4 back together and took it to a local place. The power supply ended up being $347 plus another $150 for labor and shipping. An 300 watt ATX supply is about $40 and is available anywhere. How is that *not* proprietary?
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We just had a power supply in a Mac G4 die. We knew it was the supply (swaped with a know good system, problem followed the supply, etc). When we went to buy a replacement we found out it is in fact, Apple proprietary. We also found out that you have to be Apple Certified to be able to buy parts. After gumbling a bit, we put the G4 back together and took it to a local place. The power supply ended up being $347 plus another $150 for labor and shipping. An 300 watt ATX supply is about $40 and is available anywhere. How is that *not* proprietary?